A prior version of the bill would have scrapped an independent committee that puts forward prospective board members. The new ...

A new substation aims to power New Orleans drainage pumps by peak hurricane season, offering relief but raising questions ...

Gov. Jeff Landry's bid to overhaul the agency that maintains New Orleans' hurricane protection levees and pumps will be considered by the state Legislature, drawing fresh concerns that post ...

Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana at 6:10 a.m., but the flooding of residential areas in greater New Orleans actually ... length of the ring of hurricane-protection levees surrounding St ...

Edward Buckles captures New Orleans 20 years after Hurricane Katrina in new Essence Magazine covers New Orleans shines as the ...

Making landfall on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck ... which lessened the protection provided by the city's levees, made New Orleans more vulnerable in 2005. "There's no doubt about ...

How mind-boggling to think that so much Hurricane Katrina history ... to remember that I thought this frail barrier could protect below-sea-level New Orleans neighborhoods from the Big One.

An annual national conference on the evolving threat of hurricanes kicked off in New Orleans on Monday ... which oversees the nation’s hurricane and weather forecasting services.